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Pregnant, Poolside, and Probably High on Fumes
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Welcome to the most accidentally themed episode of Talking Pools, where we started with “fuck it, we’ll do it live” and somehow ended up knee-deep in pregnancy, chlorine jugs, and naming babies after pool chemicals. Don’t ask how we got here — we don’t know either.
This week, Andrea & Paulette juggle barking dogs, clinking dishes, and a door-scratching pet apocalypse while announcing that yes, pool pros can, in fact, clean pools while pregnant — provided you’re fine with half-full chlorine jugs, pulling vacuums like a gladiator, and casually ignoring the fact that acid fumes on a cloudy day might actually kill you.
We celebrate Sarah “The Pool Girl”’s pregnancy announcement (congrats!), relive pregnancies past (spoiler: one host nearly died from not keeping water down, the other casually cleaned pools at 8 months pregnant like it was leg day), and brainstorm baby names that would make the industry proud:
- Chlorine, but make it Chloe.
- Brody (Bromine + DE powder, baby).
- Tab. Just… Tab.
- Calcium Chlorida, Esq.
Also inside this chaos casserole:
- Why customers think their leaky pool is your financial problem.
- The great vacation hack: tabs are good for something.
- Acid fumes on humid days — a.k.a. free chemical warfare training.
- Why pool pros naming their kids after chemicals is both a brilliant idea and a crime against humanity.
Basically, it’s part pregnancy support group, part pool school, part fever dream. Strap in.
Email us your best “pool baby names” at Andrea.talkingpools@gmail.com
and maybe we’ll start a registry. First gift on the list? A hammerhead cart with a built-in car seat.
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